Objectionable links

[Ja'chyra]

Get over it Gawain, all you had to do was ask if you could post your links in the backroom.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

If I am being overly sensitive it's because I am surprised, annoyed, and tired of listening to people moan and whine about the horrors of Org. life because they aren't allowed to swear

There are no horrors here at the org. I also am not looking for permission to swear. I am however trying to make a point. Its my usual iron will tactic.
Its a movie its not reality. No real person is cursing at anyone.There is no one being degraded.

[Beirut]

...its not reality.

Neither is this.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Neither is this

Exactly.

[lancelot]

Maybe this could all be settled with a new 18+forum.

Where if someone wants to post links to film clips or whatever that has a swear-word or 2 (providing the proper warnings) it wont set swear-word alarms off.

I actually think this whole not swearing policy is a bit of a joke anyway (even more so with the no links to swearing) Rome TW is a teen+ game about war, brutality and murder. If a swearword or 2 is a bit much for a teen (hardly in this day and age) then games like this (and by extension the forum) is no place for said teen.

That said, I will completely agree that this is no excuse for swearing in personal insults or extreme language. A happy medium is certainly achievable.

We have a library section that has hardly been used in 2 years..its time to make room for something that might be useful.

Simple as that.

[Reverend Joe]

[AntiochusIII]

Maybe this could all be settled with a new 18+forum.

Ha! The old common mistake of age discrimination. To presume that spending more time loitering in the world increases wisdom and majority in all cases, and deny the right of the young. Is this a good response for some troublemak[ing] situations? Don't let the kids in?

Oh, and there is no swear word "alarm" and the moment. Just mods going around editing them out; not an automatic one used in some forums, which I detest.

And the Library is an archive. Simple as that: accessible archive.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Ha! The old common mistake of age discrimination

Well then whats all this talk of young impressionable minds and the PG rating. Again sheer hypocrisy.

[AntiochusIII]

Well then whats all this talk of young impressionable minds and the PG rating. Again sheer hypocrisy.

Be assured, Gawain, that I'm not among them.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Did I resort to foul language ? Was it done to be provactive? There are quite few here Im sure whos parents would dissapvove of the babe thread over my links. You are being over protective here. Again if we were to not allow any site that had a curse word on it we would really be cutting down on whats allowed to be posted here.



So then as long as it indulges you its fine huh? We have had pictures of torture and death on these boards but a funny outake from a movie is objectionable. This is lunacy.

Oh, i'd love pics of torture and death. Hehehehehehe.

[Divinus Arma]

Ha! The old common mistake of age discrimination. To presume that spending more time loitering in the world increases wisdom and majority in all cases, and deny the right of the young. Is this a good response for some troublemak[ing] situations? Don't let the kids in?

Wow. I am afraid now.

Do you, my lad, remember the difference between ten and fourteen? I sure do. It was the difference between innocnence and sex/drugs/etc.

That's four years.



There is a point where your brain no longer develops at the same pace as it used to.



That is why 18 is the legal age in most countries for adulthood. Not fourteen. Or otherwise.



There is a difference lad. I would have been FULLL ON YOUR SIDE not too long ago. But as you grow older, these perspectives change. I promise you. Your perspectives will change too. My young brother is 14. My God, how I protect hima dn look out for him!

Girly magazines? Who cares! Go jack to mary cary or Jenna Jameson! But as for the heavy stuff... TosaInu and his GooseStepping Compatriots are very much IN THE RIGHT.


So much more for the neeed of an 18+ forum. (At least tyo test?)

[TosaInu]

This topic is swaying from frontroom to (back)backroom, so much for the argument that it's possible to keep stuff in one place.

Moved again to Backroom Watchtower.

[Beirut]

TosaInu and his GooseStepping Compatriots are very much IN THE RIGHT.

I beg your pardon! I have never stepped on a goose in my life.

However I did kick a chipmunk once...

[Papewaio]

There is a logistical problem with 18+ forum... proof of age... how do we do it... credit card checks?

Then we also probably run into legal hassles if we don't get it right... one 13 year old looking at 18+ material and then wham a lawsuit...

[lancelot]

There is a logistical problem with 18+ forum... proof of age... how do we do it... credit card checks?

Then we also probably run into legal hassles if we don't get it right... one 13 year old looking at 18+ material and then wham a lawsuit...

Well, I dont see that as a problem really.

For example, RTW is a teen+ game, yet it is entierly possible that a pre-teen(who technically, has no business being on a site for a teen+ game) can come here and look around) There is no restrictions for this scenario, yet the principle is the same.

Perhaps some sort of disclaimer warning persons of content would be enough, you see such things on many sites...

[Togakure]

There are so many places to go on the net where people can look at or discuss 18+ stuff ... why does it have to be included here? It is so easy to throw up a site or forum these days ... if people want to be vulgar and swear constantly, why not just put up their own site instead of requesting to lower the standards here?

You go to school, you adapt to the school way of things; you go to the pub, you adapt to the pub way; you go home to mama, you adapt to mama's way of doing things. You come to the Org ... .

As it stands, my interest in this site hangs by a thread (thrilling news to some, yes? Well ... bite this!). The sense of friendship, knowledge share, and focus on fun and growth in TW games has diminished significantly since I first came to this site. Now we have so many more little cliques, staff spend more time policing and scolding and rule-making than they do welcoming and sharing, helping and encouraging, and the most regular dialog seems to take place outside of the TW subject matter, often contentious and of little value.

Frankly, I think this site's scope has broadened enough; further diversification in content will shift this site's audience away from TW games towards more ... what? I think the current focus and standard of "decency" (for the lack of a better term) should be maintained. I think many patrons and staff would do well to balance online activities with enriching activities offline. Being gone for a couple of months and diving back into life now has me wondering why in the hell I spent so much time and took things so seriously here in the past, and why many here seem to do the same.

My Yen's worth.

[Sjakihata]

I support the descision to keep the frontroom 100% clear of ANY profanity etc. use the backroom for that.

[TosaInu]

The backroom isn't really for that either. It just condones a little more.

An 18+ forum is not going to be made here. Some time ago I would have pushed my weight in to get it done. But experience has shown the error of my thinking.

-Discussions will spill over to other forums (open or covert).
-It will only foster dislike. It may start out as 'fun' whatever, but it will rapidly degenerate.
-Technical problems: how to verify age, legal problems.

People who like to swear can send me a PM and air. I'll print them, frame them in oak and nail them above my bed. Whenever a day is as bad for me as a day can be, nothing turns out right and I can't catch sleep, I'll look up and know that there are still people who really care about me.

[Mithrandir]

I'll print them, frame them in oak and nail them above my bed. Whenever a day is as bad for me as a day can be, nothing turns out right and I can't catch sleep, I'll look up and know that there are still people who really care about me.

I'm not the only one?

[Gawain of Orkeny]

People who like to swear can send me a PM and air.

Again no one is asking for permission to swear here. At least not personally. Is the Movie site I got the link from also banned?

[Divinus Arma]

Wow. I finally know the purpose of this smiley.

Other are difficult to find an emotion. Like what the hell is this:

[Papewaio]

Means love methinks.

But in this configuration:
It is more of a Robert Maplethorpe suggestion.

[AntiochusIII]

Wow. I am afraid now.

Why? Did my post THAT aggressive?

Do you, my lad

Gee... Don't call me lad. It sounds...er..piratey. You know, like, "Ahoy, ye lads!"

That is why 18 is the legal age in most countries for adulthood. Not fourteen. Or otherwise.

But perhaps you do understand that to cut clean a defining age of being an adult and a child is only for legal issues, and not to actually seperate people in the first place? That a 17 gets out of the crime easier than an 18 is, in fact, a foolishness. Overtime, people seems to adopt this legal "red line" as a defining factor of majority.

Girly magazines?

So much more for the neeed of an 18+ forum. (At least tyo test?)

It's not worth the effort, really. And even before it starts, it raises some eyebrows, and annoyance, like from me.

Of course, when I grow old instincts will tell me that the young is inexperienced and in need for control. I know too, however, that logic will defy that instinct and warns me that I would be acting "patronizing" against another, equal human being.



Anyway, I'm hijacking the thread here. Sorry.

Oh, and may I ask if I can start a "what is your fav/hated smiley (and what's their purpose)" thread in the Frontroom?

[Reverend Joe]

Go for it. If it gets locked, **** it.

[TosaInu]

Oh, and may I ask if I can start a "what is your fav/hated smiley (and what's their purpose)" thread in the Frontroom?

Isn't there already one? Sounds like fun, please start one.